sketching...

they weren't kidding when they said we were going to be drawing this one object many times. more like a million times and I am out of ideas on how to draw this thing over and over again! ahh

why interior design?

I am majoring in interior design. I became interested in interior design my junior year of high school. I always loved watching HGTV and all the home networks and decided to give it a go. I took interior design 1 and 2 in high school and loved it. I can't wait to get my degree and be able to design corporate areas first and then move into residence design.

our "mind map" 

IDEO Deep Dive

The deep dive technique helps your come up with random ideas that might lead you somewhere brilliant. Sometimes the most random ideas can spring from a web or a word list but its the outliers that make you think outside the box when designing an object. You must also think of the consumer. Who is going to buy your product? What needs do they have? There are many things to think about when designing or redesigning objects such as the function, price, durability, audience, and attractiveness of it. Getting other people's input is important. And asking a consumer. Asking them if they would first off buy the product, if so what they like about it or dislike and how it could be better so more people would use the product.

Good Design or Bad Design?

While interviewing five people I found that most of the people had the same answers. They all use it for holding and protecting DVD's and all agree the design could be better. Adam says "it's kind of hard to open, but it gets the job done."